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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$541.62 +2.74%

$540.52 (-0.20%)🌙

as of 10/26 04:00 PM

(10/26 15:13) ◀

Monday, October 26, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 4:00pm) 298,624

Calls: 100,520 (34%)

Puts: 198,104 (66%)

Prior (10/23) 308,312

Calls: 79,168 (26%)

Puts: 229,144 (74%)

Current vs Prior -3.14%

Calls: +26.97% (Calls)

Puts: -13.55% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 2,398,771

Calls: 817,057 (34%)

Puts: 1,581,714 (66%)

Prior 7-Day Average 342,681

Calls: 116,722 (34%)

Puts: 225,959 (66%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.86%

Calls: -13.88%

Puts: -12.33%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26 4:00pm) $171.52M

Calls: $88.58M (52%)

Puts: $82.94M (48%)

Prior (10/23) $168.63M

Calls: $52.50M (31%)

Puts: $116.13M (69%)

Current vs Prior +1.71%

Calls: +68.71%

Puts: -28.58%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.27B

Calls: $531.95M (23%)

Puts: $1.74B (77%)

Prior 7-Day Average $324.20M

Calls: $75.99M (23%)

Puts: $248.21M (77%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -47.10%

Calls: +16.56%

Puts: -66.58%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/26 4:00pm) 1.97

Prior (10/23) 2.89

Current vs Prior -31.91%

Prior 7-Day Average 2.07

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.73%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/26 4:00pm) 1,877,443

Calls: 774,446 (41%)

Puts: 1,102,997 (59%)

Prior (10/23) 2,078,894

Calls: 813,998 (39%)

Puts: 1,264,896 (61%)

Current vs Prior -9.69%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,162,271

Calls: 4,690,916 (36%)

Puts: 8,471,355 (64%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,880,324

Calls: 670,130 (36%)

Puts: 1,210,193 (64%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -0.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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3DTEWKMO Expiry (10/26) | Next (10/28)Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 0.38% | 2.82%4.04% | 5.98%8.70% | 12.14%

Prior 0.78% | 2.47%0.78% | 5.27%9.50% | 12.80%

Current vs Prior +262.08% | +63.53%+419.65% | +13.34%-8.48% | -5.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.47% | 3.36%2.74% | 5.46%5.96% | 11.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +13.92% | +20.30%+47.68% | +9.51%+46.04% | +8.81%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.78% | 2.47%0.84% | 5.14%9.45% | 12.72%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +262.08% | +63.53%+379.02% | +16.26%-7.94% | -4.55%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.63% | 10.96%

Calls: 27.22% | 10.05%

Puts: 20.05% | 11.87%

Prior 23.15% | 11.42%

Calls: 20.35% | 7.00%

Puts: 25.94% | 15.84%

Current vs Prior +2.07% | -4.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 21.65% | 21.73%

Calls: 23.29% | 19.02%

Puts: 20.00% | 24.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +9.15% | -49.56%

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Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 1.97 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio dropping 32% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
15:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
14:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 249 of results (avg 7.3%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Nov 20	101.80	106.00	$103.90	4.0%	--	0.95	109
$435.00	Nov 20	106.55	111.00	$108.78	4.1%	--	0.95	70
$442.50	Oct 26	96.20	100.50	$98.35	4.4%	2	0.98	--
$435.00	Nov 2	103.75	108.50	$106.13	4.5%	1	0.99	--
$445.00	Oct 26	93.70	98.00	$95.85	4.5%	6	0.98	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Nov 20	21.30	22.00	$21.65	3.2%	177	0.47	5.0K
$647.50	Oct 26	104.50	108.65	$106.58	3.9%	1	0.90	--
$635.00	Nov 20	92.50	96.55	$94.53	4.3%	9	0.93	236
$640.00	Oct 30	97.00	101.35	$99.18	4.4%	--	1.00	22
$645.00	Oct 30	102.00	106.65	$104.33	4.5%	--	1.00	42

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.75, cheapest $0.86)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Nov 6	0.77	0.94	$0.86	19.8%	369	0.04	333
$450.00	Nov 6	0.61	0.66	$0.64	7.8%	243	0.03	825

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 339 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 26	88.90	93.00	$90.95	4.5%	28	1.00	--
$490.00	Oct 26	48.95	53.00	$50.98	7.9%	10	1.00	--
$500.00	Oct 26	38.80	43.00	$40.90	10.3%	35	1.00	18
$520.00	Oct 26	19.05	23.00	$21.03	18.8%	103	1.00	70
$525.00	Oct 26	13.75	18.00	$15.88	26.8%	3	1.00	196

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$542.50	Oct 26	0.27	2.56	$1.42	161.3%	950	1.00	1.2K
$545.00	Oct 26	2.09	6.20	$4.14	99.3%	717	1.00	226
$547.50	Oct 26	4.50	8.60	$6.55	62.6%	9	1.00	335
$550.00	Oct 26	7.00	10.95	$8.98	44.0%	14	1.00	195
$552.50	Oct 26	9.50	13.75	$11.63	36.5%	2	1.00	197

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 901 active (total vol 190.3K, top 24.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 26	0.20	1.10	$0.65	138.5%	5.7K	0.70	1.2K
$560.00	Oct 30	3.00	3.60	$3.30	18.2%	4.5K	0.23	4.8K
$545.00	Oct 26	0.00	0.23	$0.12	191.7%	4.2K	0.09	692
$532.50	Nov 13	23.55	25.90	$24.73	9.5%	4.0K	0.59	105
$532.50	Nov 6	19.65	21.95	$20.80	11.1%	4.0K	0.60	160

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 30	5.50	6.90	$6.20	22.6%	24.2K	0.34	21.4K
$500.00	Nov 6	3.45	3.85	$3.65	11.0%	20.2K	0.15	15.1K
$500.00	Nov 20	8.05	8.90	$8.48	10.0%	7.2K	0.23	13.9K
$540.00	Oct 26	0.00	0.71	$0.36	197.2%	4.3K	0.32	134
$500.00	Oct 30	1.09	1.45	$1.27	28.3%	2.1K	0.09	3.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 16.8%, max 24.6%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$515.00	Oct 30	Nov 20	51.8%	41.5%	24.6%	5	138
$540.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	43.4%	37.0%	17.3%	5.8K	1.3K
$495.00	Nov 20	Dec 4	43.9%	40.7%	7.9%	4	161

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$540.00	Oct 26	Dec 4	43.4%	37.0%	17.3%	4.3K	150

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 567 found (best R:R 1.43, avg 5.60)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$565.00	$570.00	Nov 9	$0.70	$4.30	$0.70	29%	6.14	$565.70
$542.50	$545.00	Nov 27	$0.77	$1.73	$0.77	51%	2.25	$543.27
$532.50	$535.00	Nov 20	$1.03	$1.47	$1.03	58%	1.43	$533.53
$510.00	$515.00	Nov 20	$3.18	$1.82	$3.18	72%	0.57	$513.18
$522.50	$527.50	Nov 2	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	75%	0.54	$525.75

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$572.50	$570.00	Nov 27	$1.03	$1.47	$1.03	67%	1.43	$571.47
$560.00	$540.00	Nov 9	$10.88	$9.12	$10.88	66%	0.84	$549.12
$552.50	$550.00	Nov 2	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	65%	1.63	$551.55
$532.50	$530.00	Nov 27	$0.48	$2.02	$0.48	42%	4.21	$532.02
$555.00	$552.50	Oct 30	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	71%	1.00	$553.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 457 found (best R:R 2.42, avg 0.36)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$642.50	$645.00	Oct 26	$1.77	$1.77	$0.73	91%	2.42	$644.27
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 26	$1.76	$1.76	$0.74	89%	2.38	$606.76
$550.00	$565.00	Nov 9	$6.75	$6.75	$8.25	56%	0.82	$556.75
$625.00	$627.50	Oct 26	$1.14	$1.14	$1.36	90%	0.84	$626.14
$632.50	$635.00	Oct 26	$1.08	$1.08	$1.42	91%	0.76	$633.58

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$475.00	$472.50	Oct 26	$1.57	$1.57	$0.93	92%	1.69	$473.43
$462.50	$460.00	Oct 28	$1.21	$1.21	$1.29	95%	0.94	$461.29
$487.50	$485.00	Oct 26	$0.97	$0.97	$1.53	94%	0.63	$486.53
$500.00	$485.00	Nov 9	$2.31	$2.31	$12.69	83%	0.18	$497.69
$532.50	$530.00	Nov 6	$1.70	$1.70	$0.80	60%	2.13	$530.80

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $6.63, cheapest $6.39)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$540.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$6.88	43.4%	44.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$540.00	Oct 26	Oct 28	$6.39	43.4%	44.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 244 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 7.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$540.00	Oct 26	$0.65	$0.36	$1.01	$538.99	$541.01	0.19%
$542.50	Oct 26	$0.10	$1.42	$1.52	$540.98	$544.02	0.28%
$537.50	Oct 26	$3.47	$0.02	$3.49	$534.01	$540.99	0.64%
$545.00	Oct 26	$0.12	$4.14	$4.26	$540.74	$549.26	0.79%
$535.00	Oct 26	$5.98	$0.01	$5.99	$529.01	$540.99	1.11%
$547.50	Oct 26	$0.10	$6.55	$6.65	$540.85	$554.15	1.23%
$532.50	Oct 26	$8.43	$0.32	$8.75	$523.75	$541.25	1.62%
$550.00	Oct 26	$0.01	$8.98	$8.99	$541.01	$558.99	1.66%
$530.00	Oct 26	$10.80	$0.01	$10.81	$519.19	$540.81	2.00%
$552.50	Oct 26	$0.03	$11.63	$11.66	$540.84	$564.16	2.15%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 275 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 4.51%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$542.50	$532.50	Oct 26	$0.10	$0.32	$0.42	$532.08	$542.92
$542.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.10	$0.36	$0.46	$539.54	$542.96
$567.50	$532.50	Oct 26	$0.75	$0.32	$1.07	$531.43	$568.57
$542.50	$487.50	Oct 26	$0.10	$0.98	$1.08	$486.42	$543.58
$567.50	$540.00	Oct 26	$0.75	$0.36	$1.11	$538.89	$568.61
$567.50	$487.50	Oct 26	$0.75	$0.98	$1.73	$485.77	$569.23
$542.50	$475.00	Oct 26	$0.10	$1.80	$1.90	$473.10	$544.40
$567.50	$475.00	Oct 26	$0.75	$1.80	$2.55	$472.45	$570.05
$542.50	$435.00	Oct 26	$0.10	$2.45	$2.55	$432.45	$545.05
$625.00	$532.50	Oct 26	$2.45	$0.32	$2.77	$529.73	$627.77

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 434 found (best R:R 10.90, avg credit $1.06)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
472/475	590/592	Oct 26	$2.29	$0.21	86%	10.90	$472.71	$592.29
472/475	608/610	Oct 26	$2.23	$0.27	88%	8.26	$472.77	$609.73
450/452	605/608	Oct 26	$2.21	$0.29	87%	7.62	$450.29	$607.21
440/442	605/608	Oct 26	$2.08	$0.42	87%	4.95	$440.42	$607.08
485/488	625/628	Oct 26	$2.11	$0.39	84%	5.41	$485.39	$627.11
472/475	582/585	Oct 26	$2.04	$0.46	86%	4.43	$472.96	$584.54
485/488	632/635	Oct 26	$2.05	$0.45	85%	4.56	$485.45	$634.55
490/492	605/608	Oct 26	$1.98	$0.52	87%	3.81	$490.52	$606.98
470/472	605/608	Oct 26	$1.94	$0.56	87%	3.46	$470.56	$606.94
472/475	568/570	Oct 26	$1.99	$0.51	84%	3.90	$473.01	$569.49

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 423 found (best R:R 2.47, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$542.50	$545.00	Oct 26	$0.57	$1.93	61%	3.39
$500.00	$510.00	$520.00	Oct 28	$0.28	$9.72	10%	34.71
$515.00	$520.00	$525.00	Nov 13	$0.12	$4.88	7%	40.67
$545.00	$550.00	$555.00	Dec 4	$0.10	$4.90	6%	49.00
$542.50	$545.00	$547.50	Oct 28	$0.13	$2.37	11%	18.23

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$537.50	$540.00	$542.50	Oct 26	$0.72	$1.78	97%	2.47
$557.50	$570.00	$582.50	Nov 4	$0.95	$11.55	20%	12.16
$560.00	$575.00	$590.00	Nov 2	$1.26	$13.74	21%	10.90
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 9	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$510.00	$515.00	$520.00	Nov 13	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 446 found (best net $-12.86, 400 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$500.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$12.86	$22.14
$435.00	$475.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$27.43	$12.57
$460.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$21.11	$8.89
$475.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$18.35	$6.65
$495.00	$525.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$16.70	$13.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$560.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$4.72	$15.28
$580.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 9	-$11.11	$8.89
$575.00	$560.00	1:2	Nov 2	-$9.76	$5.24
$547.50	$545.00	1:2	Oct 26	-$1.73	$0.77
$470.00	$467.50	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.02	$2.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 220 found (best yield 4.26%, avg 1.25%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$550.00	Dec 4	$23.05	0.47	1.6%	4.26%	5.80%	6	17
$555.00	Dec 4	$20.80	0.44	2.5%	3.84%	6.31%	1	--
$545.00	Dec 4	$24.85	0.50	0.6%	4.59%	5.21%	8	22
$560.00	Dec 4	$18.65	0.42	3.4%	3.44%	6.84%	11	14
$542.50	Dec 4	$25.85	0.51	0.2%	4.77%	4.94%	17	--
$557.50	Dec 4	$19.10	0.43	2.9%	3.53%	6.46%	2	--
$567.50	Dec 4	$15.80	0.37	4.8%	2.92%	7.70%	2	1
$570.00	Dec 4	$14.35	0.36	5.2%	2.65%	7.89%	1	27
$545.00	Nov 27	$22.85	0.50	0.6%	4.22%	4.84%	10	91
$572.50	Dec 4	$13.55	0.34	5.7%	2.50%	8.20%	1	1

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 100,520

Total Puts 198,104

Put/Call Ratio 1.97

Net Difference -97,584

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 79,168

Total Puts 229,144

Put/Call Ratio 2.89

Net Difference -149,976

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 817,057

Total Puts 1,581,714

Average Put/Call Ratio 2.07

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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